Conservative Former Congressman Tweets Threat Against POTUS

Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh, in the wake of the Dallas killings of five police officers by homegrown terrorist Micah X. Johnson, tweeted “3 Dallas Cops killed, 7 wounded. This is now war. Watch out Obama. Watch out black lives matters punks. Real America is coming after you.”

Walsh, who’s now a radio talk show host, tweeted a follow up tweet, “I wasn’t calling for violence, against Obama or anyone. Obama’s words and BLM’s deeds have gotten cops killed.”

The original tweet, which may have been interpreted as a threat against the president, was further clarified by The Chicago Tribune when it interviewed Walsh who said, “Of course I didn’t mean, ‘Let’s go kill Obama and Black Lives Matter.’ I was not trying to incite violence against Obama and Black Lives Matter. That’s crazy and stupid and wrong.”

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Going further, Walsh added, “It would end my career and it’s wrong. I would never say anything as reprehensible as that.”

Walsh says he’s received death threats for his warnings. “I put out some stuff that I believe,” he said. “And I’ve had people on the left hating on me and threatening to kill me on Twitter and Facebook all night.”

The talk show host also added he slept with his shotgun, just in case someone attempted to make good on their threats.

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Singer John Legend called for Walsh to be arrested for threatening the president.

Regarding the Secret Service’s possible investigation into what some have interpreted as a threat against the POTUS, Walsh said, “I would give them the same answer I would give you: I would not encourage any violence against the president of the United States or anybody.”

Walsh maintains and contends, “There’s a war against our cops in this country, and I think Obama has fed that war and Black Lives Matter has fed that war. … Obama’s words and the deeds of Black Lives Matter have gotten cops in this country killed.”

Twitter temporarily suspended Walsh’s account, until such time as the original tweet was deleted, something that Walsh claims he did not do, but the tweet was deleted nonetheless.

The Secret Service declined to comment on the matter, but Walsh added Twitter as well as other social media sites are liberal and often delete tweets they deem offensive. “Twitter, Facebook — they’re all liberal,” he said. “They’re private companies and they got their standards that I have to follow if I want to be on Twitter. It is what it is.”